What's Inside the Castle With 99 Towers?

Deep in the forests of Upper Silesia, there is a castle with 99 towers that lead nowhere — no rooms, no purpose, no reason. Built by a family that clawed its way from coal mines to the edges of the German imperial court, Moszna Castle was never meant to be practical. It was meant to be impossible to ignore. This episode traces the extraordinary rise of Franz Winckler, a peasant miner who married into nobility, built an industrial empire, and set in motion a dynasty that would eventually construct one of the most visually overwhelming buildings in Central Europe. Inside, the castle tells a stranger story than the legends that surround it. Hidden servant tunnels once served by push-rail carts. A private apartment designed specifically for Kaiser Wilhelm II. A family crypt that was never used because the ground beneath was too wet. And 99 towers that, from the outside, project power — and from the inside, go absolutely nowhere. This is the story of a family desperate to be remembered, and the castle they built to make sure of it.